Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Kier Group; Rushden; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group, a leading construction specialist, is looking for a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to join the Construction recruitment team in Northampton, with regular travel across Essex and Birmingham and regular home working.

You will deliver a proactive, strategic recruitment service, partnering with hiring managers to place the right people, reduce agency spend through direct sourcing, and build high-quality talent pools.

Qualifications

• Recruitment experience across Construction, specifically Build.
• Proven direct sourcing methods and candidate attraction.
• Experience in high-volume recruitment.
• Strong stakeholder management across multiple levels.
• Proactive, initiative-driven with attention to detail.
• Experience with recruitment systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality in-house recruitment service and sourcing candidates.
• Provide market insights and expert advice to hiring managers on effective recruitment strategies.
• Build excellent relationships with stakeholders and HR colleagues.
• Drive down agency costs through direct sourcing and build high-quality talent pools.
• Act as a positive brand ambassador, promoting Kier as an employer of choice on social media.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Construction industry

Direct sourcing

High volume recruitment

Stakeholder management

Proactive/initiative

Attention to detail

Recruitment systems

Job description

We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Business Partner to join our Construction recruitment team.

Location:

Northampton - with regular travel across Essex and Birmingham, regular working from home

Hours:

37.5 hours per week (full time) or part-time as agreed - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver a proactive and strategic recruitment service across the Construction business. You'll be working closely with hiring managers to ensure we recruit the right person into the right role, whilst focusing on driving down recruitment costs through direct sourcing and delivering a first-class service to all candidates and stakeholders. We want every candidate who interacts with us to feel positive and inspired by Kier and its opportunities.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Talent Acquisition Business Partner, You'll Be Working Within The Construction Talent Acquisition Team, Supporting Them In Delivering Exceptional Recruitment Outcomes. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Delivering a high quality, proactive in-house recruitment service and sourcing candidates through various channels
• Providing market insights and expert advice to hiring managers on effective recruitment strategies
• Building excellent relationships with stakeholders and working collaboratively with HR colleagues
• Driving down agency costs through direct sourcing and building high-quality talent pools
• Acting as a positive brand ambassador, promoting Kier as an employer of choice on social media

What are we looking for?

This role of Talent Acquisition Business Partner is great for you if:

• You have recruitment experience across Construction specifically within Build
• You have demonstrable experience in directly sourcing candidates using a variety of attraction methods
• You have significant experience in high volume recruitment, either within an internal recruitment team or recruitment organisation
• You have strong stakeholder management skills at multiple levels across a range of functions
• You're a forward thinker with proven experience of working proactively and using your own initiative
• You have excellent attention to detail and experience using recruitment systems

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, we can have a chat.

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.